Amid Soviet Central Asia's boogie nights, the rhythms of a region's future
A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.
‘Sanatorium’ Visits a Brutalist Ex-Soviet Wellness Resort in Ukraine Offering an “Oasis of Respite”
DOX in Copenhagen: "I pretty much fell in love with the place after a week of mud baths, and hydro massages, electro massages ...
‘We Live Here' Examines an Ex-Soviet Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan: a "Paradox Etched Into Land"
Director Zhanana Kurmasheva discusses her debut feature, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, along with producer Banu ...
For Vladimir Putin, Russia’s position in the world is personal. Here’s what he really wants
US President Donald Trump said he thinks Vladimir Putin wants peace. Ukraine and its European allies don’t believe he does.
Ukraine truce won’t end Putin’s dream of new Soviet Union – Nato must act before it’s too late, ex-UK defence sec warns
NATO must splash more cash and hang permanent threats over Russia to stop Vladimir Putin grabbing land, a former UK defence ...
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Will the US collapse like the Soviet Union did?
"You're next," said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union's collapse in late 1991. I was an ...
Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86
LONDON (AP) — Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets ...
Russian court jails anti-war Soviet-era dissident for 16 years, prosecutor says
A military court in St Petersburg jailed Soviet-era dissident and anti-war activist Alexander Skobov for 16 years on Friday after convicting him of "justifying terrorism," the Prosecutor General's ...
‘The Master and Margarita’ Heads to Court as Producers Block U.S. Release of Russian Blockbuster (EXCLUSIVE)
Sales company Luminosity Pictures has filed suit against two producers attempting to block the film's distribution in English ...
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Russia’s Typhoon-class Submarine Is Now a Museum
The submarine’s massive size and quiet operation—owing to advanced sound-dampening technologies—made it a formidable ghost in ...
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Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside KGB, dies at 86
Gordievsky passed away on March 4 in England, where he had lived since defecting in 1985. Police confirmed Saturday that his death is not being treated as suspicious ...